Former President Donald Trump departs for a break during his civil fraud trial in New York City on Thursday. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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The Lesser-Known Candidate Forum featured 20 of the people who will be on the New Hampshire primary ballot, including (l to r) Donald Picard, Paperboy Love Prince, Richard Rist and Vermin Supreme. Tamara Keith/NPR hide caption
A postcard from the Lesser-Known Candidate Forum, a New Hampshire primary tradition
The special counsel investigating Hunter Biden charged him on nine counts related to his failure to pay federal taxes on millions of dollars of income. Mark Makela/Getty Images hide caption
Republican presidential candidates from left, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy during a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NewsNation on Wednesday at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Gerald Herbert/AP hide caption
5 major takeaways — and one thing missing — from the fourth Republican debate
Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff speaks during the Annual National Menorah Lighting at the White House on Dec. 7, 2023. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Ankeny, Iowa. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
Trump allies craft plans to give him unprecedented power if he wins the White House
Then presidential candidate Joe Biden waves to supporters as he finishes speaking during a drive-in campaign rally in Georgia in 2020. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
'Rebuild the base': How the Biden campaign will tackle a possible Trump rematch
Sen. Bernie Sanders, pictured at a committee hearing last month, joined Republican senators in blocking aid to Israel and Ukraine. He tells NPR why he thinks support for Israel's military should have strings attached. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption
Sen. Bernie Sanders says aid to Israel should be conditional, citing the toll on Gaza
President Biden urges Congress to pass funding for Ukraine while speaking in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Wednesday. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., says he will retire from Congress at the end of 2023, leaving just weeks left in his time in office. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks with reporters during a news conference at the Department of Justice on Wednesday as Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, right, looks on. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption
Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy (right) holds up a sign referring to former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (left), as Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (center) looks on, during the fourth Republican presidential primary debate at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Thursday. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and influential Iowa evangelical Christian leader Bob Vander Plaats speak ahead of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's speech upon completing his 99 county tour of Iowa in Newton, Iowa. Clay Masters/Iowa Public Radio hide caption
Trump and DeSantis display different campaign styles in competing visits to Iowa
Hunter Biden's lawyer reiterated that the president's son will only testify publicly before the House Oversight Committee. Handout/DNCC via Getty Images hide caption
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., says he is dropping his monthslong hold on most military promotions. He will continue to block promotions for four-star generals over his objections to a Pentagon abortion policy. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo with the White House in the background, President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Washington. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
Republican presidential candidate former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley addresses a gathering during a campaign stop at a brewery, Nov. 29 in Meredith, N.H. Charles Krupa/AP hide caption
Strong but 'feminine': how Nikki Haley navigates gender as only woman in the GOP race
Republican presidential candidate former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley puts her hand up to Vivek Ramaswamy while he speaks to her as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (C) listens during the NBC News Republican Presidential Primary Debate. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
Left: Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Mich. Right: Rep. Scott Peters, D-Calif.. The two are co-sponsoring legislation to create a bipartisan, bicameral commission to address the national debt. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images; Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption
As federal debt grows, a bipartisan push for another commission to address it
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and first lady Tammy Murphy attend the National Governors Association summer meeting on July 15, 2022, in Portland, Maine. Robert F. Bukaty/AP hide caption
A Senate race raises concerns over 'ballot Siberia' in New Jersey primaries
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is one of three House GOP committee chairs pressing to impeach President Biden. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Doug Burgum, governor of North Dakota, during an interview following the GOP primary presidential debate in September. He announced Monday he was dropping out of the race. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption